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00:02Global defense stocks rose Monday as investors reacted to a military escalation in the Middle
00:07East over the weekend, according to CNBC. Germany's Hensolt and Britain's BAE systems
00:12climbed more than 5% in the stock's 600. Fails, Rank, and Leonardo gained between 3.1%
00:19and 4.5%. Lockheed Martin rose 7.7%, and Northrop Grumman gained 5.2% in pre-market trading,
00:27while S&P 500 futures fell 1%. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and IHI each rose about 3%,
00:35while Singapore's ST Engineering gained 2.8%. And analysts told CNBC that investors are grappling
00:41with uncertainty and that markets are focused on how long the conflict will last and its potential
00:46impact on growth and inflation. President Trump warned the conflict could last up to four weeks.
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